Describes poetry programs presented to children by a troupe of performers who incorporated music, humor, and audience response in their performances. Lists qualities of the shows that contributed to their success with children. (HOD)

Offers strategies for teaching grammar, literature, essay writing, democracy in letters to the editor, and oral presentations of the research paper. (PA)

Discusses student reaction to how fairy tales should begin and proceed and the language choices authors make when adapting fairy tales. Cites several different versions of "The Frog Prince" and describes them. Discusses students' own versions. Gives questions for stimulating student response to "The Frog Prince." (PA)

In September 1994, a large eastern school system opened a professional development school in cooperation with a local university's college of education. A survey of teachers and elementary school students concerning perceived changes between the 1994/95 school year and the previous year showed that teachers' excitement had not spread to their…

Responses of English adolescents to single-sex sex education classes were studied, focusing on about 20 females and about 20 males. There were clear gender differences in student reactions, with boys responding more openly, disruptively, and negatively. The role of cultural prescriptions in their responses is explored. (SLD)

Discusses uses learning logs for student assessment. Defines learning logs. Discusses structuring the logs; student voices and responses; a map drawing assignment; and using logs for evaluation. (RS)

Discusses a teacher's reactions when a student commented on the teacher's short story. Discusses dealing with feedback, the vulnerability of writers, and attitude changes. Claims that writing with students shifted the focus of the teacher's writing instruction and the focus of students' writing. (RS)

Reports on an investigation into the motivation of secondary school students in southwest England to learn foreign languages. Surveys students (n=228) in years 7, 8, and 9 to examine student responses on constructs (n=16) related to motivation based on a questionnaire and interviews. (BT)

Presents a theory about the role of classroom assessment in motivating student effort and achievement. The theory postulates that in any particular class the classroom assessment environment is played out in repeated assessment events through which a teacher communicates and students respond according to their perceptions. (SLD)

Makes an argument that audiotaped response to student writing is particularly useful in teaching two-year-campus students. Grounds the argument in a historical overview of response literature in this journal, student surveys, and the case study of one undergraduate student. (SG)

Explores how transmediation extends the new literacies found in multimedia classrooms. Defines "transmediation" as responding to cultural texts in a range of sign systems -- art, movement, sculpture, dance, music, and so on -- as well as in words. Contends that transmediation has the potential to capture the postmodern reality of multiple texts,…

Examines how experienced high school English teachers defined and gauged effective literature instruction. Finds teachers used differing models for literature instruction against which they gauged their effectiveness. Notes the kinds of models the teachers used determined whether or not they were willing to listen to feedback from students and to…

Uses students' responses from the dialogues of a town hall meeting to examine the beliefs, attitudes, and knowledge about racial and cultural diversity at a mid-size, predominantly white university. Four major themes emerged: perceptions about race, stereotypical beliefs about cross-cultural interactions, uncomfortable campus climate, and…

Examines children's responses to picture books to learn how visual literacy can expand children's cognitive abilities and enhance their wonder and enjoyment of such complex texts. Focuses on responses to "The Tunnel" by Anthony Browne by children of different ages and from different schools. Concludes that all of them showed deep…

Focuses on the examination of pupil responses for grades two through four in a study that provides more recent information about the performance of pupils on the Dolch Test. Provides some observations to assist teachers in interpreting the result of pupil responses to these words. (MG)